Alert! Episode 213
Political Sociologist Trevor Harrison explains why Alison Redford’s PC’s won the Alberta election after all and what it means for Alberta and Canada. Political activist/blogger Richard Fidler updates the Quebec…
2012
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 26, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter forThursday, April 26, 2012: Supreme Court skeptical of striking down Arizona immigration law Video: Obama Slow-Jams… the Stump Speech?…
Pushing Weight
After Ethical Oil is done with its proxy Zombie Joe McCarthy crusade against the David Suzuki Foundation (what, are Ezra & co. gonna put out a hit on Raffi next?),…
Coal Train to Boardman: EPA Warns of "Significant" Public Health Threats in Northwest Coal Export Proposal
110326007Paul_K_Anderson_Coal-copy1.jpg As demand for coal in the United States has cooled off in recent years, coal mining companies have been scrambling to deliver their dirty loads to customers abroad. But…
This Isn’t About Jobs and Growth
Jim Flaherty claims that his budget is about “jobs and growth.” Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page makes a much stronger counter claim. He reports that, while the Harper government’s cutbacks…
Huffington Post Canada Poll says majority favour today’s abortion debate
Today is the day apparently. Canada’s parliament is set to debate the creation of a committee to determine at what point a fetus should be considered a human being. Extremists…
No one is really surprised, right?
That Harper is opening the door leading down a right-to-choose debate corridor? If you are, or if you really think that this is an innocent Private Member Motion to simply…
Don’t Kid Yourselves, They’ll Never Let It Go
We didn’t make the greatest music videos in Canada in the 1980s but we did one great thing that remains just as remarkable today as it was then. In 1988,…
Feds Seek To Appeal Sex-Trade Ruling Legalizing Brothels
The contradictions of the Harper government are incredible. Summum and Summum Girls Magazine and scantily dressed girls good but legalized brothels are bad. Unfortunately these types of magazines fall in…
Police who lie: How officers thwart justice with false testimony
The article misses an important point. When police pull someone over, without cause, find something really bad and then lie about why they pulled them over dismissing charges because of…
Trouble near mill: the Corner Brook hospital #nlpoli
The 2012 provincial budget includes $1.4 billion in capital works but none of it is apparently connected to two hospitals.. How long should it take to start construction work on…
Seems the Fraser Insitute has donations from foreign influences too, Mr Harper
Perhaps if the Conservative Senate is going to conduct an investigation into the amount of foreign influence pouring into Canadian environmental organizations, it can add the Fraser Institute to the…
Against the Woodworth motion
Obviously, I am against the motion brought forth by Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth who is indeed reopening the abortion debate, despite Harper’s blather that his government would not do so.…
Federal Subsidy For Sexy Summum Magazine
Federal grants worth $190,000 for two Quebec magazines, Summum and Summum Girls, featuring scantily-clad models are under fire in the wake of broad arts cuts announced in the last Conservative…
Another reason to love GC
He made me a lemon bread to take to the office potluck.
That didn’t take long: public sector negotiations #nlpoli
Here’s what your humble e-scribbler said on Wednesday morning about the fact the provincial government didn’t include any amount in the 2012 budget to cover salary increases: Pull the other…
Worksafe BC, not net-zero land
In its mandate, Worksafe BC lists a cardinal purpose: “To promote the prevention of workplace injury, illness, and disease.” Following the Burns Lake and Prince George sawmill explosions, both in…
Feeding the Beast
This is a script for a piece I read on CBC Radio back in 2006. Feeding the Beast by Mark A. Rayner Hi, my name is Mark, and I am…